Sunday, November 06, 2005

Glad to know you're back. Be sure and tell us all about your trip.I'm imagining that you've earned major brownie points with the Lord...probably got a first class ticket into heaven now! :-) Saint Sandi...sounds kinda good!

We went to our 2nd mass at St. Peter's Episcopal. We really like thechurch. Very moderate and tolerant of different viewpoints, much morecontemporary than the Catholic Church. Honestly, I feel like I wasraised Episcopal and just didn't know it! Fr. Tom (the Episcopal priestthere) came to our house this afternoon and spent 90 minutes talkingwith us about our family, the religion, some Q&A, and just getting toknow each other. It was really nice to talk to him, and he seems a verynice person.

In fact, the boys both celebrated their first communion today. TheEpiscopal's don't make as big a ceremony out of first communion as dothe Catholics. They celebrate Eucharist each and every week, likeCatholics, but it's not as important as Baptism, theologically. Firstcommunion is a parental decision, and we decided that the boys wereready this weekend. They did it, and enjoyed being a full part of theservice. To celebrate, the boys got to choose a celebration lunch, andthey chose... drumroll please......... McDonalds. Great. Heck, Ibought dessert.

We also learned that Oliver North is a member of our congregation. Hewas at the same service as us this morning! I told Fr. Tom that thiswould certainly be a way to get Dad back into Church! He'd probablydrive down from Minnesota just to go to church with Col. North! I'llget pictures next week!

Anyhow, we like the new church. We're going to spend some time gettingto know it slowly, but we already know a few of the people frompreschool and scouts. So we're not going in totally cold.

Hope this letter finds you well, and be sure to tell us about your trip.

Oh, yeah, before I forget. Those Target gift cards you got the boys, Iwonder if you still have the receipts for them. The guy at the storesaid they were never validated, and we therefore couldn't use them. Ifyou still have the receipt, I will send them to you and you can get yourmoney back or get them revalidated. Let me know what you want to do.

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